Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-04-21

The President Tuesday appointed
General Albert Ordway to be brlgadier-
general IN command of the district militia.
livery stable and 90 stores at Column
bus junction. Iud., were burned on Mon
day. Loss, $45, 600; insurance, 800, 600.
In st. Louis Monday Frederick 4.
Legerdeber, prominent lawyer and Re-
publican candidate for Congress last fall,
was indicted by the United States grand
jury for completely in pension frauds. He
was arrested by United States marshal
and held in 81 500 bail.
At railroad crossing in lancaster,
Pa, an express train struck wagon con-
tanning John Becker, his wife, their
daughter-in law and her 2.years-old child
The old couple were killed, and the
daughter was severely injured. The
child was picked up off the COW catcher
unhurt.
Three hundred drunken railroad labor
ers got up riot at Laplat, Missouri, on
Monday night, released two of their mum.
Der who had been locked up in the sta
ton, and then, dividing into two crowds,
INDUCED in general fight, in which
several Of the combatants were danger
ously wounded.
1.-THE worst snow. storm of the year pre-
vailed Monday OF Lock Haven, Pa,
snow falling to the depth of 10 inches.
A similar storm occurred there in April,
1854. Snow fell at Wilkesbarre yesterday
to the depth of foot on level. Nothing
like it for spring storm has been seen in
the Wyoming Valley since April 21st, 1857,
when snow fell to the depth of over feet.
A terrible storm passed over the coun-
try around Charleston, w. Va, Monday.
Little damage was done at Charleston,
but fences, timber and small houses were
leveled 10 the country districts south of
that city. At Kanawha Falls large trees
were blown across the railroad track. A
telegram was received by the mayor of
Columbus last night from the mayor of
Martins Ferry saying the latter town was
demolished by cyclone in the morning.
Alexander Mitchell, President of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad,
and reputed to be the wealthiest citizen
of the northwest, died suddenly in New
York Tuesday afternoon. He was q nR-
tive of Scotland and &c years Of age. He
WAS member of Congress from 1871 to
1875, and in 1879 declined the Democratic
nomination for governor of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Mitchel's estate ia yariously esti-
mated al from &I5 900, 900 to 1915 000, 900.
lie bad arranged to retire permanently
from business by the 1st of July next.
The commissioner Of agriculture has
received from Governor l4ill his accept
ance on behnlf of the state Of New York
of the new rules for the suppression of
pleuropneumouia. The form OF accept
ance contains an agreement that the OK
ecutive authority OF the state of Now
York will cooperate with the bureau of
animal industry and that /
will direct sheriffs and other peace officers
of the state TO render all necessary aid
aud assistance to the inspectors of the
bureau of animal industry In the perform
ance Of the duties imposed upon them by
said rules and regulations.
A telegram from Washington says that,
owing to the prevalence of cholera in
Chill. oil ports north, as far as Panama,
have quarantined against the arrival of
any vessels, merchandise or mails, from
CHILEAN ports. In consequence the mail
from Chilli has been forwarded via the
Straits of Magellan, Rio de Janeiro and
New York, thus making the circuit of the
continent. Recently, npon the arrival of
some Oh1ltan mail matter at New York
for Ecuador, it was forwarded to Guaya-
gull via Panama, where it was refused
and returned to New York. Superin-
tendent Bell of the Foreign Mails Office,
on being informed of these facts, had the
mails returned to Chill, where, up IN its
arrival, 1t will have circumnayigated the
south American continent nearly twice, a
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